Oakland police officer witnesses fatal stabbing

Crime

A man fatally stabbed another man Tuesday in an attack that was witnessed by an Oakland police officer, authorities said.

The incident happened shortly before 11:45 a.m. on the 3100 block of Brookdale Avenue. Officer Thomas Lopez was on routine patrol when he was flagged down by citizens about a fight in progress, said Officer Jeff Thomason, Oakland police spokesman.

Lopez then saw the 33-year-old man stab the victim, a 54-year-old man, Thomason said. The victim died at 1:45 p.m. at Highland Hospital in Oakland. Neither man's name was released.

The killer suffered minor cuts to his hands and became combative as he was being loaded into an ambulance, Thomason said. Officers used a Taser to subdue him, police said.